Chapter 5: Mandate of Heaven
As the conversation between the two progressed, the number of steps advanced by several people finally came to about 30 steps. The width of each step of the ladder is about one meter, so with the small short legs of a few people, it is not very fast.
The 30th order is a watershed, and its potential pressure will increase immediately, like the fault of a cliff.
No, on the 30-step steps, there are many people who can't withstand the gravity and lie on the ground. Fortunately, the length of the ladder was long enough, and the wide track was wide enough for the group of people to lie on their backs.
However, among the people lying on their stomachs at the 30th level, there are not only the living, but also the dead.
For this kind of scene, Shen Yetong, who has been crawling in the trial ground since he was a child, is not indifferent, Wei Ya may have had a similar trial, and she didn't have much reaction, just kicked the corpse next to her feet, opened a way, and walked up little by little.
On the contrary, it was the only boy, Mu Leizhe, who was frightened at this time, his face was pale, and he was clutching Shen Yetong's arm.
When Shen Yetong and Wei Ya were talking just now, he didn't speak, except for emotional reasons, most of them also came from this.
There are a lot of corpses on the ladder, and even the higher you go, the more corpses there are, and the more blood flows out. The ladder above several people even faintly heard the light of various magic methods, and the sound of "ping pong" connecting blades lingered in the ears, which showed how tragic the fierce battle above was.
However, by the time they got to the place where they had just fought, there were corpses all around.
"It's crazy, this is ......" Shen Yetong couldn't bear it, and helped Mu Leizhe, who had been in the laboratory since he was a child, had never experienced strong winds and waves, and was already scared, but he felt a little strange in his heart, feeling that something was wrong with this trial.
The ladder exam, which should be similar to the soul testing ground, is a virtual trial ground. Normally, it is the human spirit that enters and the body stays outside.
However, they teleported in with their bodies, and some even died in the virtual field.
Moreover, virtual venues are generally immortal - except for Gu cultivation, no one will do this kind of testing ground.
But what is the situation now? Is this Immortal Academy raising Gu?
But Wen Yuxian Academy doesn't know how to raise Gu, this kind of school that has been inherited from ancient times and is still shining today, must have already formed its own civilization, how could they choose their future students in this way?
Isn't that a waste of yourself?
So, what exactly is the entrance exam question of Wen Yuxian Academy!
Shen Yetong really couldn't figure it out, and he couldn't figure it out even when he broke his head. She looked back at Wei Ya and found that Wei Ya was also contemplative, as if she had noticed that something was wrong with this ladder trial.
"The Ladder Trial, it's supposed to be a virtual trial ground, why do people die?" She muttered, and the words in her mouth made Shen Yetong stunned.
Sure enough, this little girl was also raised in the trial ground since she was a child.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to discover the strangeness of the Proving Ground.
The Ladder Trial, it's done too really.
"Virtual Proving Ground?" Murray had already recovered from his fear at this time, and happened to hear what Wei Ya said, and asked suspiciously, "How can it be a virtual world?" This proving ground feels so real, it's impossible, right? ”
"It's possible, but at a big cost." Shen Yetong responded, his eyes were serious, he paused, and added:
"Moreover, from the time we entered the outer area of the Immortal Academy, we have entered the virtual world, but we have not found out."
As soon as these words came out, Mu Leizhe and Wei Ya were stunned for a moment, only to feel a cool breath rushing from their backs to the heavenly spirit cover, and their faces turned a little pale.
"What a big deal...... Murray exclaimed, but unexpectedly, his little face, which had turned white from fear just now, was surprised and yearning, and the corners of his mouth even hooked up a crazy arc, as if he wanted to eat this testing ground.
Seeing this, Shen Yetong suddenly shook his wit, and he was a little worried about Mu Leizhe's future.
Will this kid turn out to be Frankenstein or something?
"What exactly is the test of Wen Yuxian Academy?" Wei Ya's face was solemn, and she walked forward step by step, increasing her strength with each step.
The higher the ladder, the stronger the gravity, and the more difficult it is to climb up.
As for what the strength of gravity looks like, it varies from person to person, different people, different talents, different strengths, and the gravity set by the ladder is also different.
This is to ensure the fairness of the Ladder Trials in order to allocate classes.
With the passage of time, the three little ones have reached the position of more than 300 steps, and when they get here, whether they are alive or dead, they have begun to gradually decrease. There are not many people who can hold up here, and Tianjiao from a small country is okay, but he also uses his hands and feet at the same time, and his face is bloodshot and climbs up.
On the contrary, the children who were about the same age as them gradually increased at this time, and even Shen Yetong saw an acquaintance.
A boy with blond hair and brocade clothes is moving forward alone at this time.
"Shen Yewen? How did he end up here? Mu Leizhe obviously also discovered him, and said strangely, looking at Shen Yewen with a not very friendly expression.
"Huh? Is his surname Shen? Wei Ya saw Shen Yewen's long golden hair, and said suspiciously, "Golden hair color, golden red pupil color, looking at the inheritance of the origin, it should be the bloodline of the third room next to the crystal domain, how can it be surnamed Shen?" ”
"Her mother is the fifth princess of the third room next to the crystal domain." Shen Yetong responded, his face was not very friendly, but not to Shen Yewen, but to the dancing concubine.
"Huh? Aunt Pucher? Wei Ya was stunned for a moment, obviously knowing Pucher, but at this time, her face was strange, a little unclear, and she asked casually, "When did Aunt Puchel marry Qi Tianguo, why don't I know?" ”
"What?" Shen Yetong was stunned for a moment, looked at Wei Ya, with scrutiny in his eyes, "Married in the side line, don't you know as a direct line?" ”
"She's gone out to practice." Wei Ya wondered, her golden eyes were clear, but then she turned cautious, "It should have been decades ago, I wasn't born at that time, and I don't know, but if you check, you should be able to find out which wave of trial teams she followed." ”
The collateral line is married to a foreign land, and there are official records for the record, and Wei Ya, as a direct family, should not be unaware.
If you don't know, there's only one possibility.
The lineage to which she belonged harbored evil intentions, and she wanted to seek something by taking advantage of Pucher's marriage, and she was afraid that the emperor of Qi Tianguo would contact the gods of the crystal domain and wanted to tie Qi Tianguo and their fate together.
The young emperor of Qi Tianguo succeeded to the throne, the new emperor was only half a hundred years old, and his strength was insufficient, and Qi Tianguo was suffering from internal and external troubles, and domestic politics could not be managed.
Although Wei Ya looks stupid, she is not a fool, on the contrary, she is very smart, she has lived in the Crystal Domain Saint System since she was a child, assisting the gods in taking care of government affairs, this kind of simple thing will not be understood.
Shen Yetong was also stunned when she heard Wei Ya's response, she looked at Wei Ya with a solemn face in surprise, and was a little surprised by Wei Ya's intelligence.
Just because of the poor information about Pucher's marriage, the child has begun to pay attention to the actions of the next three rooms, and even guessed that the other party is harboring evil intentions, and began to think about the next plan.
The mind is deep, and the thought is extremely scary.
Is this really just a 6-year-old?
"Wei Ya, you are now in the Immortal Academy, how can you help?" Shen Yetong turned his head and continued to turn his attention to the ladder, as if asking casually.
"I'll meet Shen Yewen." Wei Ya said calmly, and after speaking, she sped up her speed and rushed in the direction of Shen Yewen, "The gods may not be able to trust the emperor of the Qi Heavenly Kingdom, but they must be able to trust me." ”
Shen Yetong was stunned again when she heard this, she heard Wei Ya's plan, and secretly said that this child's city mansion is really good.
She wanted to use Shen Yewen as a medium to build an information bridge between the Emperor of Qi Heavenly Kingdom and the Crystal Domain Deities, and use Shen Yewen as a hostage to ensure temporary peace between the two sides for future plans.
At the same time, if necessary, Shen Yewen could even be used as a hostage to threaten the third room next to the crystal domain, regardless of life and death.
Shen Yetong looked at Wei Ya's back, and then at Shen Yewen, his face was complicated, and a sympathy for Shen Yewen suddenly rose in his heart.
If she guessed correctly, Puchel was a pawn, and her child was destined to become a pawn as well.
The one son and two daughters before the dancing concubine may have died in a similar way, in the conflict between the upper forces, either as a bridge or as a hostage, but in the end they died unexpectedly, but they died in the turmoil reasonably.
Wretched.
But what does all this have to do with her?
She just wants to escape from the royal family of Qi Tian with her mother and concubine after her strength is enough, look for her brother who was exiled, and go to a place where there are no troubled times with her family, and live a peaceful and stable life.
She has mercy on those who died in the turmoil, but she will not put herself in it for their sake.
Perhaps, a little selfish.
But if people don't do it for themselves, heaven and earth will perish, right?
Shen Yetong shook his head and slowed down with Murrayze, Murrayzhe is not stupid, although Murray's family is not involved in politics, he can also hear a general idea, and he doesn't want to do much, so he slows down with Shen Yetong's speed.
Seeing the two golden-haired children talking happily and secretly scheming, Shen Yetong and Mu Leizhe grabbed each other's little hands tightly, and they both sighed in their hearts, true friends are not easy to come by.
Above the ladder, in a monitoring room, a group of teachers were sitting on chairs, all raising their heads and observing the blue screens in the sky.
In front of them, there was a large area of recuperation warehouses, and the data of those recuperation warehouses were connected to a virtual field, which not only included the Heavenly Ladder exam, but also the neighborhoods on the periphery of the Immortal Academy, the inn, the peripheral Xinghai, and so on.
To put it simply, all the areas that are open to the public at the time of enrollment are in this virtual world.
"Principal, will the kid accept it or not?" A young-looking teacher asked if he was involved in admissions for the first time, so he asked such a question.
"Why don't you accept it?" Without waiting for Principal Ai Fan to answer, the intellectual female teacher with long blue hair next to her preemptively replied, "The Dao heart is stable and the morality is qualified, so you can naturally enter the school." ”
But she ......" The teacher seemed to want to say something, but was interrupted by Ivan.
"What's this kid's score, Ludian?" Ivan leaned on the chair in the front row with one hand on his cheek, his pale yellow braids hanging down to the ground, he looked at Wei Ya's fluorescent screen, the spiritual energy monitoring was hidden in the void, and no one noticed it.
"Weiya Moli Canol, 300 points, very good." The long-haired blue-haired teacher replied, paused, and added, "Not only do you have a high score, but you also have a lot of talent, especially in mechas." ”
Before the words fell, the teacher who had just asked the question fell silent.
In the entrance exam of the Immortal Academy every year, you can enter if you can reach a positive 60 points, but those who can achieve this score every year are like a drop in the ocean.
Even, the vast majority of people are negative.
greed, cruelty, treachery, conceit...... In front of the seemingly scarce enrollment quota, the darkest things in human nature are seen at a glance, and people who can maintain a cool head, a basic principle bottom line, and a stable Dao heart in this kind of struggle can only be said to be one in ten thousand.
However, this cool head, basic principle bottom line, and stable Dao heart are the real admissions scoring criteria of Wen Yuxian Academy.
And all those who have all this have great wisdom and great luck, even if they don't have it now, they will gradually develop it in the future.
This is also why everyone who chooses to graduate from Wenyuxian Academy and return to their hometown can become a figure of the times.
Wen Yuxian Academy never judges people by talent and qualifications, each talent, each physique, has its own cultivation method, no one is more noble, who is less low, teaching according to aptitude is the real principle of a teacher.
What they look at is personality and Dao mind.
"Where's the purple-haired girl?" Ai Fan did not continue to talk about Wei Ya, but his divine sense turned, and another screen switched to the forefront, in this picture, Shen Yetong was holding Mu Leizhe, who had lost his strength, and climbed up little by little.
"Shen Yetong, it's 400 points." Lu Di'an looked at the student information in his hand, and after checking the scores, his eyes became more and more surprised, but he implied something else, "Her Dao heart is very clear, and there is nothing wrong with morality, in all senses." ”
"Hmm." Ai Fan responded, looking at Shen Yetong on the screen, as if he once again recalled his failed student.
It was exactly the same situation as Shen Yu back then, the young man with long black hair, civilian background, stupidity, and even a little pit in his brain, gave up his excellent grades and chose to support his good brother to climb up step by step.
Their entrance score is also a positive 400.
In the end, Shen Yu's child became a demon, and in the name of the Demon Venerable, he single-handedly contributed to Qi Tian's domestic and foreign troubles, at that time, he had long purple hair and was weird, and his purple eyes no longer had the sincerity they once had.
"Shen Yetong......" Ai Fan's expression was complicated, and he muttered Shen Yetong's name in his mouth, just like back then, when the young man with pure black long hair was able to look at him through the spiritual energy monitoring in the void, which aroused his interest.
He's going to ...... Do you believe in Destiny again?
Take the entire Tianyun Divine Realm as a bet?
No way!
He can't afford to lose.
"That's it!" Ivan shook his head suddenly, jumped up from the chair again, looked irritable, hurriedly walked to the door of the monitoring room, and explained as he left, "Arrange it however you want, don't go wrong, and don't look at people with prejudice......"
At the end of the sentence, he suddenly stopped, as if he realized something.
Eventually, he looked at the ground, laughed at himself, and left the monitoring room.
In the monitoring room, the teachers looked at each other, and the younger teachers were even a little confused, their faces were puzzled, and even a little weird, and they also looked at Shen Yetong, who was supporting his companions in the monitoring, several times.
"There is no one who is not cold-blooded, and when national security is threatened, he will use what he can use." Lu Dian sighed softly, and finally looked at the beginning, mentioning Wei Ya's young teacher, "Wei Ya is a kind ruler, she will do her best not to hurt her pawns. ”
"Of course, if there is really no choice, it is also a trade-off to give up the single for the whole, and to sacrifice the common people to protect the heritage."
"No ruler can escape such a choice, they want to look at the safety of the whole country, choose the best answer in the doomed wrong choice question, and only by preserving the country as a whole can they talk about a single individual in the country."